Archive of Independence Thinkers #1026
…an all-American program that explores the sonic and virtuosic freedoms and possibilities of pipe organs and those who play them.
Hour 1
DUDLEY BUCK: Concert Variations on The Star-spangled Banner, Opus 23 –Samuel John Swartz (1928 Skinner/Immanuel Presbyterian, Los Angeles, CA) Motette CD MOT 10901
PAUL MANZ: Hail the day so rich in cheer. STANLEY REIFF: Festival Prelude –James Hicks (1960; 1996 Austin/The Presbyterian Church, Morristown, NJ) Pro Organo CD 7187
WILLIAM ALBRIGHT: Fanfare/Echo and Scherzo, Chimera, from Organ Book III, Volume 1 –Douglas Reed (1997 C.B. Fisk/Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan) Equilibrium CD-35
STEPHEN PAULUS: Impassioned, from Three Temperaments –James Higdon (1996 Wolff/Bales Recital Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS) DCD Records CD-2001
WILLIAM BOLCOM: Chorale-prelude, Abide with me –Marilyn Mason (1955 Aeolian-Skinner/Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI) Ethereal CD-135
WILLIAM BOLCOM: Gospel Preludes, Book III: Jesus calls us; Blessed assurance; Nearer my God to thee –David Higgs (1980 Sipe/Hennepin Avenue UMC, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded April 22, 2007
DANIEL PINKHAM: Sports, Reflection & March, from Morning Music –Huntington Brass Quintet; Abbey Hallberg Siegfried (1969 Noack/Trinity Lutheran, Worcester, MA) Arsis CD-143
Hour 2
MEL BROOKS: The Producers Suite –David Peckham (1928 Wurlitzer/Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY) Veteran Hill Productions 2003
TRADITIONAL: Americana Medley –Charlie Balogh (Wurlitzer/Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ) ERB Enterprises 115
DALE WOOD: Shall we gather at the river? –James Welch (1987 Schoenstein/Sts. Peter & Paul RCC, San Francisco, CA) WelchOrganist 522
COLE PORTER: Easy to love, from Born to Dance; Love for sale, from The New Yorkers –George Wright (Hollywood Philharmonic Organ/George Wright Residence, Hollywood, CA) Banda CD-2532
JOHN CAGE: Souvenir –Christoph Maria Moosmann (1979 Sandtner/Dom Sankt Martin, Rottenburg-am-Neckar, Germany) New Albion CD-74
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: The Liberty Bell –James Welch (1986 Schoenstein/St. Elizabeth RCC, San Francisco, CA) Arkay AR6169
